DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCES

The University bestows the designation "Graduate Faculty" upon faculty following review of their credentials and recommendation by their colleagues. The University maintains six levels of graduate faculty: (1) Full, (2) Associate, (3) Adjunct, (4) Adjunct Research Co-Mentor, (5) Affiliate, and (6) Adjunct Teaching.

Only Full graduate faculty members may chair doctoral committees. Adjunct Research Co-Mentor members may serve as co-chair of a master's or doctoral committee. Full or Associate graduate faculty may chair master's committees. Only one adjunct or affiliate graduate faculty member may serve as a voting member on any master's or doctoral committee.

Teaching adjunct members may not serve on graduate committees.


MEMBERS

MERVIN J. BARTHOLOMEW, Professor and Chair, PhD (1971), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University [2013]

OLIVER BOYD, Professor, PhD (2004), University of Colorado [2013]

JER-MING CHIU, Professor, PhD (1982), Cornell University [2012]

STEPHEN C. COLE, Instructor, PhD (2002), The University of Washington [2010]

RANDEL T. COX, Associate Professor, PhD (1995), The University of Missouri [2012]

CHRIS H. CRAMER, Adjunct Professor, PhD (1976), Stanford University [2009]

HEATHER R. DeSHON, Assistant Research Professor, PhD (2004), University of California, Santa Cruz [2013]

DAVID H. DYE, Associate Professor, PhD (1980), Washington University [2009]

ARLEEN A. HILL, Assistant Professor, PhD (2002), The University of South Carolina [2009]

ARCH C. JOHNSTON, Professor, PhD (1979), The University of Colorado [2012]

HSIANG-TE KUNG, Professor, PhD (1980), The University of Tennessee, Knoxville [2010]

CHARLES A. LANGSTON, Professor, PhD (1978), California Institute of Technology [2014]

DANIEL LARSEN, Associate Professor, PhD (1994), The University of New Mexico [2013]

DAVID N. LUMSDEN, Professor, PhD (1965), The University of Illinois, Champagne-Urbana [2012]

M. BEATRICE MAGNANI, Assistant Research Professor, PhD (1999), Universita' degli Studi di Perugia, Italy [2012]

ANDREW MICKELSON, Assistant Professor, PhD (2002), Ohio State University [2013]

ESRA OZDENEROL, Assistant Professor, PhD (2000) Louisiana State University [2009]

CHRISTINE POWELL, Professor, PhD (1976), Princeton University [2011]

JOSE PUJOL, Associate Professor, PhD (1985),The University of Wyoming [2013]

PAUL A. RYDELEK, Associate Professor, PhD (1983) The University of California at Los Angeles [2011]

EUGENE SCHWEIG, III, Professor, PhD (1985), Stanford University [2010]

ROBERT F. SMALLEY, JR., Research Associate Professor, PhD (1988), Cornell University [2012]

JUNGYUL SOHN, Assistant Professor, PhD (2002), The University of Illinois-Urbana [2010]

GEORGE H. SWIHART, Professor, PhD (1987), The University of Chicago [2011]

ROY B. VAN ARSDALE, Professor, PhD (1979), The University of Utah [2011]

MITCHELL M. WITHERS, Associate Professor, PhD (1997), New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology [2009]


ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

STEPHEN HORTON, Research Scientist, PhD (1992), The University of Nevada-Reno [2014]

W. THEODORE MEALOR, JR., Professor, PhD (1973), The University of Georgia [2009]

MELANIE A. RAPINO, Assistant Professor, PhD (2008), University of Connecticut [2014]

GREGORY N. TAFF, Assistant Professor, PhD (2007), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill [2013]

LENSYL URBANO, Assistant Professor, PhD (2001), The University of Minnesota [2008]


ADJUNCT MEMBERS

THOMAS R. ALLEN, PhD (1995), University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill [2010]

HENRY E. BASS, PhD (1971), Oklahoma State University [2009]

PAUL BODIN, PhD (1992), The University of Colorado [2009]

MARTIN C. CHAPMAN, PhD (1998), Virginia Polytechnic Institute [2009]

RYAN CSONTOS, PhD (2007), The University of Memphis [2011]

DONALD A. FRIEND, PhD (1997), Arizona State University [2009]

GREG G. GASTON, PhD (1993), Oregon State University [2007]

JENNIFER HOUGHTON, PhD (2003), The University of Minnesota [2010]

DAVID J. KREHER, PhD (2003), The University of Tulsa [2007]

SUSAN M. KUS, PhD (1979), University of Michigan [2008]

GEORGE E. LANKFORD, PhD (1975), Indiana University [2009]

JENNIFER McCLANAHAN, MA (2003), Louisiana State University [2007]

RAD MALKAWI, PhD (2001), Esprit de Kaslik University, Beirut, Lebanon [2009]

KATERINE MICKELSON, PhD (2002), Ohio State University [2011]

TAKASHI OGUCHI, PhD (1996), University of Tokyo [2010]

DALE A. QUATTROCHI, PhD (1990), University of Utah [2009]

MARTITIA P. TUTTLE, PhD (1999), University of Maryland [2010]

DAVID J. WALD, PhD (1993), California Institute of Technology [2007]

THAD WASKLEWICZ, PhD (1996), Arizona State University [2010]

GUY G. WEAVER, JR., MA (1978), Memphis State University [2011]

BRYAN LEE WILLIAMS, PhD (1992), Pennsylvania State University [2010]


AFFILIATE MEMBERS

MOHAMED A. M. DOSI, Instructor, PhD (2003), University of Kansas [2007]

XIANG LI, Postdoctoral Fellow, PhD (2004), Chinese University of Hong Kong [2008]

RICHARD G. KEMPKA, PhD (1986), Indiana State University [2006]

NOTE: Termination date of graduate faculty membership is indicated in brackets
Last revised on: 22 September 2008.